THE CROW Reimagined and Stage Showdowns: Delving Into Drama Both Real and Reel

Ever wondered how the competitive edge in your kid's pageant could mirror the cutthroat world of movie franchises? Join me as I reflect on personal experiences with my son's recent pageant performance—where, despite a stellar show, another act's similarity seemed to eclipse his—and draw parallels to the strategic timing plays I've observed in the industry. Revel in our shared pride for his undeniable prowess in public speaking and stage presence, and reminisce with me about the impact of childhood movie experiences, where my older sister played a paramount role. As we stroll down memory lane, we also consider how the topics of films resonate with you, my listeners, and the eclectic mix we've encountered on this podcast journey.

Switching to the silver screen, we scrutinize the intricacies of reboot culture through the lens of "The Crow's" upcoming revival and the potential repercussions of staying too close to the original, including Eric Draven's unchanged character. Does the remake have the wings to soar, or will it be grounded by nostalgia? And in an industry that often recycles success, isn't it time we talk about the portrayal of women in action films, especially when it comes to the use of seduction as a weapon? I lay out my thoughts on these hot-button issues, considering the real-life implications and our appetite for content that could either propagate stereotypes or turn them on their head. Tune in for an episode that's as much about the entertainment landscape as it is a candid heart-to-heart on how these narratives shape our perceptions.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:18

This is the objective, jerk. And I am said, jerk, how is everyone doing? Hope everyone is. Well, all my draconians, I'm trying to make that stick. Yeah, doing pretty good, feeling better. I mean, this is what my third podcast I've recorded in a row now, so that's always a good sign.

Speaker 1: 0:43

I Was actually one of the reasons I kind of thought of you know, I was like, yeah, I kind of want to talk about this. Oh, maybe I'll record one more before my subscription renews, because you know I have a subscription to the buzz sprout Platform and you get, I mean there's various, you know various prices and whatever, but I think I get. I Want to say three hours. I guess I can look you get about three. Yeah, so three hours worth of content Her month. I used to have more but I wasn't using it, so I've three. Seems to be kind of the the happy, the happy place. I had about 30 minutes left for the February Months cycle and so I was like you know what, maybe I'll just do another podcast and just finish off that. You know that subscription for that month, instead of having 30 minutes of, you know, free, free airtime the bus sprout got for me, but it already, it already went through. I Mean it's March 1st for me but it's still the 29th in the States, but Maybe because the leap year that didn't really Figure into that. But anyway, that was my goal but then. So then I kind of got. I got them. I had an idea or I was inspired to talk about something and when I went to look at it already cycle through. But here I am anyway for your enjoyment.

Speaker 1: 2:31

Let's see last night my, my son, was part of another pageant. He did like a native kind of dance. That's kind of like the Hawaiian haku or whatever they call it. You know the one that Jason Momoa does, you know something kind of like that. But they, you know they have different clothing in this net. It's different, but it's just. You know, if I had to compare it some and you know it's not like nobody's ever done it before so he got Dressed up and in I built like a Spear that looks legit. It's pretty nice spear turned out pretty good. That's my first one and you know he looked really good. I was excited for him.

Speaker 1: 3:27

But the thing is, is the kid right in front of him did the same kind of dance? I mean, it was different, obviously, but it just really took any kind of wind, or out of his sails or what's the other term of the song, thunder stole his thunder. You know, basically just stole his thunder. Because I sat, I was just there just to watch my son. But so I watched, you know, this guy came out and I was like okay, but I was thinking. But then I was thinking like maybe, you know, my sons would be a little bit later, but his was right after it, so it just it really kind of ruined it. I know it wasn't intentional or I don't think it was, but well, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 4:19

And then the last pageant that my son was in, they had to submit what their sports attire was going to be right by a deadline. And so my son, he still has his helmet from when he played PE football, still fits. I mean we took some pads out, I think. But and you know he still had his jersey, which still fit because he's gotten, he's grown but he's gotten more slender because he was kind of chubby and he was a lineman, you know. So it still fit him. And so you know he had football.

Speaker 1: 4:56

And then there was a school that did not submit by the cutoff date. So then in turn they were able to see what everybody else was doing. And so then of course there's another guy that did a football one. I mean, he didn't have a helmet and stuff like that, but it's just, they're very, they're very, they cheat. You know, people cheat here to win these pageants, like they're. They're kind of ruthless about it and I'm trying to adjust my, I'm trying to get in the middle of my two curtains here, and so it's just kind of it could be coincidence, because I mean there's proof that they did it last time.

Speaker 1: 5:36

This time it's hard to say, but it's just kind of annoying because he didn't even make the top three, which he's always made. Well, no, I guess to be fair, no, I think you got third place. He's been in the top three and every pageant he's been in he's been in three or four like that. So, and you know not to say, oh, my son's the greatest, you know, that's, you know, but he's very good on the mic because they do it in English, and you know he's just, he's a very he's, he's, he's a lot bigger than the other kids, he's paler than the other kids, which Filipinos love pale skin. But you know he stands out, you know. So yeah, it was just kind of like I'm not really into the pageants, my wife's into that and she gets involved. I like that. He's doing something extracurricular and you know, like that, and of course I want him to win, so but yeah, it was kind of, I don't know, he didn't make the top three, but but yeah anyway.

Speaker 1: 6:42

So the thing I want to talk about was movies, movies. When I talk about films, they don't really seem to do that well in my, my podcast. I'm trying to figure out, I don't know. But anyway, you know, when I was younger so I have an older sister, she's four years older than I am and you know, once she became a young adult, every once in a while she would take me to see movies. And then, when we were, when I was a little older, we would, you know, we would just go and see movies. Sometimes, like you know, there's a movie that she probably wanted to see and she probably thought that I would want to see, so she would. So we saw, I remember, I think, the first movie I went with her without my mom, just her and I I mean, I think her boyfriend was there, but it was a kindergarten cop and then we seen the crow and then we seen Austin Powers. That might be it. Actually that's all I can think of anyway, but anyway. So I went and saw the crow with her in theaters and crow's, you know, an awesome movie. Everybody knows.

Speaker 1: 7:53

It had a few sequels that didn't do so great. The second one's not bad. I didn't see the other ones or the show really. But so now they're doing a remake and it's got the dude that played Pennywise from it, who I think is a good actor, and everything. But they've shown a few pictures and it's just like today's society has just written all over them. You know what I mean, and I'm not talking about TAT. The guy's got like tattoos. You know I got tattoos. That doesn't bother me. And actually the picture it doesn't look like that. You know what I mean. And you can't judge a movie by a single photo or two photos or three I don't know how many were on there, but you know what's? Going to just have a bunch of today's crap involved in it, which is fine, but they they're using the original character. So you have Eric Draven, which was Brandon Lee in the Crow film, right and and that's fine.

Speaker 1: 9:09

And the thing is is like the Crow, supernatural power, ability or whatever it can go to different people, like what they did with the sequels and everything. I mean I'm sure if Brandon Lee survived he probably would have done another one. Maybe I don't know, they weren't about the sequels back then so much. Well, I guess they were, because they did the one in 96, though, but usually, yeah, the sequels didn't have the main. You know, back in the day, when somebody made a movie, whether it was good or bad, they just did the one movie. You know, like Denzel Washington, he has no sequels. He's never done a sequel until the equalizer films, but but, um, anyway, so to me they should have just created a new character. I mean, they could have kind of followed the formula of the original Crow with Brandon Lee, but just did a new character and just change it up, just enough to. You know, because I mean it's going to be different, you know, because it's going to be today's, whatever.

Speaker 1: 10:18

You know, I guess I should be happy that it's not a black dude in the role, or a woman or a gay person. He appears to be, you know, a white dude, that's straight, which is shocking, but I've I can't see it. But I guess he has a mullet hairstyle, which the current day mullet is different than when I was a kid. You know I had a mullet when I was a kid. When I got older and I looked back on it I was like just oh my God, you know, and everybody has those oh my God pictures, but you don't see girls Spray in the shit out of their hair with hairspray and making you know huge fucking 80s. You know glam hair anymore because it was ridiculous. You know it was a fad but it was ridiculous. The same thing for the mullet.

Speaker 1: 11:15

So if this dude has a mullet as the crow, maybe his character originally doesn't, I don't know. But if he has a mullet I'm not watching it. It just because the mullet is the stupidest hairstyle on the planet. You know it's up there with the comb over, like it just looks stupid. I don't know, it just looks. I've never liked the mullet, the rat tail, the comb over those three.

Speaker 1: 11:44

I mean this is just me personally, but like who is it the singer for Avenge Sevenfold? Like he's got a mullet or he did within the last year or something, and I was just like what the hell, dude? And it just kind of it. Just it's a big turn off for me. Like I just like, do you not have any self respect? Like, what are you trying to do? It's like they're just trying to bring back something to see if they can do it. But it's kind of working, because you see more and more people with mullet. Like at first it started off as kind of a joke, but then it's like people are doing it and it's just like it's ridiculous, like I wouldn't. You know, I'm pretty lenient with my kids as far as that kind of stuff goes, you know, but if they wanted a mullet I would not let them, I wouldn't. So anyway, I see the first trailer and the dude's got a mullet.

Speaker 1: 12:39

I won't watch it because I'm just going to watch it and just be like what the fuck? It's just going to? It's going to pull me out of it. It's not going to work for me. But I'm not trying to judge it too much based off of you know just that. But yeah, I definitely think you know, because it's it's taken place in 2024 or whatever.

Speaker 1: 13:11

The original one took place and wasn't. It might have been in the future a little. I don't think it was, I don't know. Maybe the second one was, I think Actually I can't remember what the? No, I think it basically took place around 94-ish, you know. So if they want to make a film that is a contemporary film where today's society is a character or backdrop or whatever, then they should have picked, they should have created a new character, not use the Eric Draven musician, whatever. You know what I mean. It's just I don't know. I think it's going to, unless the film ends up being like just so good it's going to, it's not going to, it's going to start off slow. I think it's going to either start off slow word of mouth will be like it's good and it'll be okay or it's going to fail Because people are just tired of reboots and sequels and stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 14:24

Really, because it's just like today, they just they make a film and it does well, they fucking suck the blood out of it Every drop of anything, any money they can get out of it. They will Like you have, you know, john Wick. John Wick, the first movie was awesome. The second movie is all right. I mean it has some cool stuff in it. The third one, the third one I don't even remember Like I remember the dog scene with Holly Berry, like that was cool and I remember him being in the desert.

Speaker 1: 15:00

Other than that, I don't know it. Just, you know they can't just leave well enough alone, like if John Wick was just to stand alone film, that movie would go down as an action classic. You know, I guess it's unfair to do the sequel thing because die hard, leave a weapon. But those are like. You know, those are the movies that are kind of known for sequels, or certain movies that are known for sequels. But now I mean like, look at LA Confidential. That movie was I don't know why, that just popped in my head, but that movie was successful.

Speaker 1: 15:41

They didn't make another sequel. I know they did like a show that didn't do very well, but that was years later. You know, it's just, you don't have to make a sequel and then you don't have to reboot the crew, which I can't believe it's 30 years now or anything like. You know, there's some movies that were, that were remakes when I was younger and my grandparents or my parents would be like, oh, there's original. So I guess it's not. You know, it just seems like. It doesn't seem like 30 years ago, I guess. But it's like, if you're gonna reboot it, where it's the same character in everything. Make it a the character close, but make the story or make the setting or make something different. I don't know, if you're gonna make the character different, then you should just have a different character altogether. I think. I don't know, that's just kind of how I feel. I don't think got that mole, it's just you can't really see it in the picture. You look up pictures of it, but it's just that's what they're saying. I'm just like, oh man, but but yeah, so I kind of went off track there. So, yeah, john Wick, you know you got John Wick 4.

Speaker 1: 17:24

I haven't seen the fourth one. I don't really have an interest to. It's just like. You know, I love Keanu Reeves, always have. But I'm just like, yeah, I don't know if it's like Because the people that are in charge of everything and making everything is my generation, a little younger maybe, but I remember being a kid and just wanting more of something.

Speaker 1: 17:44

You know I mean, why don't they make another one? Why don't they make it of every movie? What does that get older? I'm like, okay, I understand, some things are just not meant to be Continued or or sequel. You know what I mean. But but a lot of people that were like me are still trying to do that. So it's like anything, there's a sequel, let's make another one. Well, do we got a story idea? It doesn't matter, it's like no, it does. People are forgetting about the story man, the hook, you know, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 18:23

So now they got I don't even know what it's called, but they have the female version of John Wick. So she's gonna be, oh, I think it's ballerina, because she's a ballerina from the Russian mob when it showed. I remember them. Well, that was the third one, wasn't it? Maybe I do remember more, but we're, when John Wick Goes to get, he gets Brandon, he gets help From the people that this a vowed him or something, and he's walking through and seeing, you know, kind of like the training center, and you see the ballerina all fucked up in her feet and everything. Yeah, I think that's what it is. And so now that's what the, the, the new one with the female, is. And the female I don't know her name. She's in some a few things. She's gorgeous, but she's very tiny and petite and and just her taking out a bunch of 200 pound men all around her.

Speaker 1: 19:30

I mean, because even like the, the, the John Wick is a little extravagant, you know. I mean it's like you know that's what I'm saying like the first film, you know, and he's surrounded by people and like you know the very first where he were at first, the. They attack his house and it's dark. They don't know the layout of his house. He does, he has an advantage it's dark, so they have a disadvantage. I mean he has a disadvantage, you, but he knows the layout, so it's not completely inconceivable for him To take them out as smoothly as he does. And then you know the other ones that you got the suit, that's got the, but it's like out of all that, it's like how many times can you be surrounded and nobody gets a headshot off? Nobody, you know. I mean like it just. I mean I know he gets Messed up off the building.

Speaker 1: 20:24

I don't remember which one that was, but it's just. You know it kind of. I think that's kind of. It's just like okay, it's, you know, the guy's not superman. Now it's like is he have a superpower? Is he kidding not be injured? My, my, my chair keeps going down because it's a piece of crap. I can feel it and I can see it. Now I started off with my head up here and now my head's down here, anyway, but it's just. You know, I think that's kind of why they don't. The other ones don't do as well, even though I guess the newest one made the most money. But it's just.

Speaker 1: 21:06

You know, how many times can somebody survive that situation? One time, yeah, of course it's believable. But then now you're going to have a woman who weighs like 90 pounds, because this girl is small and she's going to be running and gunning and fighting 200 pound dudes with ease, like it doesn't work. It doesn't work. You know, she could use her sexuality hey, what's going on? The guy's like, hey, what's up, catch him off guard, you know, stick a knife in them throat and whatever. But she could not be like in a club surrounded by guys like you know, and collateral and lateral or other, john Wick to. You know what I mean. It just you know it's not to say that women can't shoot, because women can't. Generally women shoot better than men. You know what I mean. But that's competition, you know. So it's, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 22:18

I probably won't watch it. I didn't watch the fourth one, so I've said it before. It's just, you can't, you can't have, you know, like the atomic blonde. I I didn't mind so much, you know, cause it was generally like three guys or whatever, and she got beat the hell out of and Charlie's there and it's a little bit. I mean, I don't know. I want to say, you know she's taller, but well, she probably doesn't weigh what one, one 10 or one, something like that, one, 15. Maybe, I don't know, I've never seen her in person so it's hard to say Dang, I'm really wind up. But this other girl, she is tiny, you know.

Speaker 1: 23:01

It's like they they totally have to change the dynamics of the fighting and stuff or to work, and I'm kind of thinking maybe they are, because I guess they're doing a bunch of reshoots or whatever. I got pushed back. That's happening to a lot of films too, cause the writing's on the wall. They're starting to see all these films tank, especially the ones with women, you know, because most women don't want to watch an action star woman. Some do, but the percentage is low. You know what I mean. That's why Barbie did very well, marvel's the spider one woman one did crap, because the females that are in to superhero are in to how superhero films and comics are, you know. That's what draws them or draws them to it, you know. So it's just that's why they're failing, and I'm hoping it seems like they're starting to catch on.

Speaker 1: 24:11

So we'll see, I don't know it's. I don't know, I'm not saying I won't watch it, but I probably won't. But it depends on, you know, if they do kind of make it more of a, she's got to be like the hit man. You know, secretly using her sexuality to to distract and to entice and trick men so she can kill them. You know what I mean. That works and that's, that's real. You know, that's how women killers and hit men and spies are, you know. It's not to say that they can't, you know, throw down a little bit, but not to the extent of a guy, sorry. But anyway, my time's up, thanks for listening and I will see you guys next time. All right, bye.